Out of thin air : dinosaurs, birds, and Earth's ancient atmosphere / Peter D. Ward ; illustrations by David W. Ehlert.
Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-
2006
QE861.6.E95 W37 2006 (Mapit)
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Title Out of thin air : dinosaurs, birds, and Earth's ancient atmosphere / Peter D. Ward ; illustrations by David W. Ehlert.
Author Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-
ISBN 9780309100618
0309100615
Imprint Washington, D.C. : J. Henry Press, c2006.
Language English
Description xiii, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number QE861.6.E95 W37 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 567.9
Summary Discusses the effect of changing oxygen levels in Earth's atmosphere on evolution and mass extinctions, and presents the theory that saurischian dinosaurs were able to weather two mass extinctions because of a new, more efficient respiratory system, which was in turn inherited by their descendants the birds.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index.
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Respiration and the body plans of animal life
Oxygen through time
Evolving respiratory systems as a cause of the Cambrian Explosion
The Ordovician : Cambrian Explosion part II
The Silurian-Devonian : how an oxygen spike allowed the first conquest of land
The Carboniferous-early Permian : high-oxygen, fires and giants
The Permian extinction and the evolution of endothermy
The Triassic explosion
The Jurassic : dinosaur hegemony in a low-oxygen world
The Cretaceous extinction and the rise of large mammals
Should we fear the oxygen future?

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